Table 4.
Authors | Number of eyes | Age group (years) | Follow up time (months) | Protocol used | Change in DCVA (Snellen lines) | Change in KMax (D) | Change in Steep K (D) | Change in Average K (D) | Complications (number of eyes) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shetty et al 201474 | 30 | 11 - 14 | 24 | 9 mW/cm2 for 10 min | 1 | N/A | -2.07 | N/A | Transient haze (most) |
Ozgurhan et al 201472 | 44 | 9 - 18 | 24 | 30 mW/cm2 for 4 min | 1 | N/A | -0.5 | -0.4 | None |
Badawi, 201773 | 33 | 8 - 15 | 12 | 10 mW/cm2 for 9 min | 2 | -1.2 | -1.1 | N/A | Transient haze (most) |
DCVA: Distance Corrected Visual Acuity, KMax: Steepest Keratometry; KSteep: Steepest Simulated Keratometry; Average K: Average Keratometry